After two games on the road, Crystal Lake Central is heading back home. They will host the Central Rockets at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Crystal Lake Central's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Dundee-Crown out 1-0. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Chargers are ranked 226th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Central fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Crystal Lake South on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Gators by a score of 1-0. The Rockets haven't had much luck with the Gators recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Crystal Lake Central's win bumped their record up to 9-2. As for Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-3-2.
Everything went Crystal Lake Central's way against Central in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as Crystal Lake Central made off with a 4-1 victory. Will Crystal Lake Central repeat their success, or does Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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